Pantomania: Dick Whittington

Summary
BBC Television production of Eric Sykes’ Pantomania: Dick Whittington.
Theatre play
Pantomania: Dick Whittington by Eric Sykes
Date of transmission
Tuesday 25 December 1956
Time
7.45pm
Channel
BBC Television
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Eric Sykes
Producer
John Street
Playwright
Eric Sykes
Musical Arrangements by
Alan Bristow
Orchestra Directed by
George Clouston
Choreographer
Leslie Roberts
Cast
David Attenborough
Roger Avon
Billy CottonAlderman Fitzwarren
Fred Emney
Edward Evans
Bill Greenslade
Peter Haigh
John Hall
Philip Harben
Frankie HowerdIdle Jack
Hattie JacquesThe Good Fairy
Jean KentDick Whittington
Sam KyddKing Rat
Jacqueline MacKenzie
Mary Malcolm
Spike Milligan
Freddie Mills
Sylvia PetersAlice Fitzwarren
Robert Raglan
Nancy Roberts
Bruce Seton
Eric Sykes
Jimmy Wheeler

Additional details

Play tags
Christmas; pantomime

Print sources

Title
Christmas past at the BBC: the second half of the 1950s. Part 1 (Blog article)
Author/creator
Amanda Wrigley (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/christmas-past-bbc-1950s-1, published 28 December 2012
Title
Radio Times, 21 December 1956 (Newspaper review)
Linking notes
pp. 4 and 29

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